Nitin Nabin's Shock Rise At BJP Hints At Nadda Shake-Up From South
In a stunning departure from its tradition, the BJP Parliamentary Board has appointed 45-year-old Bihar minister Nitin Nabin as the national executive working president — a position that the party's bylaws envisage.
Hyderabad: In a stunning departure from its tradition, the BJP Parliamentary Board has appointed 45-year-old Bihar minister Nitin Nabin as the national executive working president — a position that the party's bylaws envisage.
This first-of-its-kind move has ignited speculation — Is it paving the way for a new national president to replace incumbent J.P. Nadda?
Nabin, who holds the public works portfolio in the Nitish Kumar government and a four-time MLA from Patna's urban stronghold Bankipur, boasts of battle-tested credentials. Working under party veteran Om Mathur, Nabin orchestrated the BJP's revival in Chhattisgarh after Raman Singh's defeat in 2018.
Born in Patna to late BJP stalwart and three-time MLA Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha, Nabin stepped into politics after his father's demise, building on its roots in the ABVP and decades of grassroots grind. Coming from the influential Kayastha community, he blends youth with organisational savvy.
Insiders see this as a tactical bridge. "The bylaws don't allow a working president, so this surprise Parliamentary Board pick tests Nabin while freeing space for a senior and seasoned leader as full president — possibly a southern face to turbocharge Tamil Nadu's 2026 polls and capitalise on the BJP's pathbreaking Kerala local body triumph," a top party organiser confided anonymously.